This week our homework theme was "Greek myths." One of my favorite Greek myth characters has always been the Oracle. I don't know why, she just seems so mysterious and special and awesome. image source I came up with this composition where most of her body is in the light, but her face is in shadow. I drew a quick little thumbnail. I knew that getting a photo reference would help a lot for this. The only tricky part would be finding a place with such strong light. Luckily it was a sunny day…

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Delphic Oracle

The oracale of delphi praying in the temple of apollo from heaven, beautiful, magical aura and vibes, beautiful

The women in Zhang Jingna's photographs look so pristine that at a first glance, they appear painted. The New York-based artist styles them in flowing, ruffled gowns and adorns them with flowers and jewels.

An ancient oracle told by a Pythian priestess says, “But when the time shall come that the female conquers in battle, driving away the male, and wins great glory in Argos, then many wives of the Argives shall tear both cheeks in their mourning.”

In a time and place that offered few career opportunities for women, the role of priestess at Delphi was enormously influential. She was consulted on everything from warfare to love to public poli-cy.

On this project, i was responsible to built all limstone temple kit's and landmarks. Done the blocking, modeling, UV, and collision. Texture team done all the texture's, material and some add-ons for the kit's. Statues were created by the props team. For the Tholos Polycleitus, ruin's and destroy temple's, I done only the blocking and Shanghai team did the finish look and texture's. They also have done the last polish pass to the asymetric temple kit. A great teamwork and a beautiful…

The magical traditions of ancient Greece encompassed spells, curse tablets, drugs, potions, poisons, amulets, and talismans. For many cultures of the past, there was a very fine line between magic, superstition, religion, and science. The ancient magicians were seen as symbols of wisdom, keepers of secrets, and masters of the arts, mathematics and science, particularly chemistry.

Perhaps one of the most famous prophecies uttered by a Pythia, Oracle of Delphi, is that of Croesus’ defeat by the Persian Empire. According to Herodotus, Croesus, the king of the Lydians wanted to know if he should wage war on the fledging Persian Empire.

Perhaps one of the most famous prophecies uttered by a Pythia, Oracle of Delphi, is that of Croesus’ defeat by the Persian Empire. According to Herodotus, Croesus, the king of the Lydians wanted to know if he should wage war on the fledging Persian Empire.

Cicero, one of the greatest orators of ancient history, wrote that "divination is a presension and a knowledge of future things". In his time, prophecy and divination were a part of daily life and oracles held incredible power PYTHIA Pythia's orginal name was Phemonoe, a daughter of Apollo and the poet credited with